The series follows unflappable superspy SPY Fox on his adventures, most of which involve stopping some kind of evil mastermind from conquering the world in one way or another. The series is an Affectionate Parody of spy films in general and James Bond movies in particular.

The series also spawned multiple children's books (which may not have been published), including SPY Fox: The Official SPY Manual and SPY Fox: Twenty Thousand Leaks Under the Sea, as well as a SPY FoxComic Book Adaptation.

The premises, by installment

In SPY Fox in Dry Cereal, William the Kid has kidnapped all the dairy cows in the world and hidden a Milky Weapon of Destruction on the Greek island of Acidophilus. SPY Fox travels to Acidophilus in order to disarm Kid's Weapon and free the cows.

In SPY Fox in Cheese Chase, Russian Blue returns and steals the Limburger cheese from the Museum de Fromage. SPY Fox travels around the globe in order to recover the cheese.

In SPY Fox 2: Some Assembly Required, Napoleon LeRoach has hidden a Giant Evil Dogbot at the World's Fair. SPY Fox travels to the fair in order to turn off LeRoach's Dogbot.

In SPY Fox in Hold the Mustard, King Konglomerate sends his army of robots to steal all the tomatoes in the world. SPY Fox travels around the globe in order to destroy the robots and protect the tomatoes.

In SPY Fox, Napoleon LeRoach returns and has stolen all the compost in Britain. SPY Fox breaks into LeRoach's secret headquarters in order to recover the compost.

In SPY Fox: Operation Ozone, Poodles Galore has launched a giant, ozone-depleting aerosol can into orbit. SPY Fox travels around the globe in order to destroy the aerosol can.

The Society of Meaningless Evil, Larceny, Lying and Yelling (S.M.E.L.L.Y.), the villains of Some Assembly Required.

Russian Blue's crimes (in which she was acquitted for) include "jay-tangoing" and "tangoing out of season."

Astral Finale: Operation Ozone's final areas all take place above Earth, with Poodles Galore's orbiting space station and her secret moon base.

Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: LeRoach's plan for the Giant Evil Dogbot in Some Assembly Required. He pulls it off, but SPY Fox is narrowly able to deactivate it before its rampage gets too out of hand.

The Dev Team Thinks of Everything: Usually averted with the talk balloons—asking characters about things SPY Fox wasn't meant to be able to ask them about (which can only be done by using the game's debug mode or ScummVM's debugger) has no effect in most cases. However, Some Assembly Required plays it straight in a few instances:

Using any of the Caped Cod's talk balloons (which are normally only obtainable in the regenerator path) on Doll or Lee in the flytrap path triggers a dialog box with the message "CHEATER! You shouldn't have the cod talk balloon on the flytrap path!"

Try calling Monkey Penny while you're still in the command center. Go on, we dare you.

Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: In Spy Fox in Dry Cereal, the weasel who is accepting invitations to the deck party on the S.S Deadweight gets a pretty surprising one when the titular character shows his (forged) invitation. This comes after he turned him away the first time.

Weasel: Not you again! How many times do I have to tell you? This is a private party and without an invitation, you are not allowed to go on board! Sheesh! (Cue Spy Fox theme when Spy Fox whisks out his invitation) The nerve of some people. You'd think they would... (sees invitation) YEEHEE!!! Let me see that. Signed, Russian Blue. (Cue Heel-Face Turn) Oh sir! We are ever so honored to have you on board with us today. Please, feel free to come and go as you wish.

Weasel: I trust you will have an enjoyable visit. Aand if there is any way in which I can kiss up to you any more sir, I trust you will let me know.

Spy Fox: But of course!

Expy: SPY Fox for James Bond, Monkey Penny for Money Penny, Quack for Q, SPY Corps for MI6, S.M.E.L.L.Y. for S.P.E.C.T.R.E. - the list goes on and on.

Extreme Omnivore: Professor Quack devours every blueprint that he shows to you that instructs how to use a particular gadget. Various comments from Quack about the blueprints suggest that they may be edible stationary.

Freudian Excuse: LeRoach's reason for coming up with the Giant Evil Dogbot plot? Because he was made fun of for being too short for a particular ride at the World's Fair, after having waited over 12 hours to get onto the ride.

Fun with Acronyms: The M.E.S.S. (Multiple Environment SPY Ship), as well as SPY Corps' nemeses N.O.G. (Nectar Of the Goats) and S.M.E.L.L.Y. (Society of Meaningless Evil, Larceny, Lying and Yelling).

Glad I Thought of It: In "Some Assembly Required", after Agent Grace Fully gives Spy Fox the S.M.E.L.L.Y. trash bag she states it needs to get to Spy HQ. He states he has a better idea, he should get the bag to Spy HQ.

Hard Levels, Easy Bosses: The bosses in Hold the Mustard are all about a fifth of the length of the normal levels, and all it takes to beat them is to stand in one spot and hit their weak spot, highlighted on the radar. Their only way of attacking is by their robots, but on most of the bosses, you'll end up destroying it before they can even make it to you.

I Broke a Nail: This is how Monkey Penny manages to defeat Poodles Galore.

Idiot Ball: William the Kid in Dry Cereal, who after getting his ascot caught in the door leading to the kidnapped dairy cows while trying to escape his facility just leaves it there to make his getaway. Spy Fox himself lampshades how absurdly easy William just made things for him.

I Know Kung-Faux: In Dry Cereal SPY Fox must learn Cock-a-Doodle-Fu to get past a certain N.O.G. guard. This becomes somewhat of a Running Gag in the later games.

In Touch with His Feminine Side: Spy Fox is not very physically strong, and most parts of the game where he can don a disguise have an option of feminine clothes or a feminine name, without him reacting negatively (or reacting in any way, really).

In "Operation Ozone," receives a message in a lipstick tube. His automatic response is: "Sorry, that's not my shade. I'm an 'autumn.'"

Also in "Operation Ozone," Spy Fox has to paint his nails as part of a puzzle. His response is, "The machine painted my nails. And they look pretty!"

Invisible Wall: Hold the Mustard's Outer Space levels each have one at the top and one at the bottom.

Lost Forever: Once you complete the quests that require you to use the ID-Card and Name Tag machines in Some Assembly Required and Operation Ozone respectively, attempting to reuse the machines will cause them to self-destruct.

MacGuffin Delivery Service: Played with. In Operation Ozone, Professor Pushpin is counting on Spy Fox to bring him four objects to form his congeal pill. One of the paths in the game is a Prickly Pear Pizza. After Spy Fox gallivants all across the world to get the prickly pear to make it and brings it back, Pushpin eats it. When Spy Fox asks, Pushpin spouts an Expospeak Gag saying he was hungry and glad that Spy Fox could deliver it.

Mad Libs Dialogue: Used for a handful of puzzles. SPY Fox is one of the few Humongous games to actually use dialogue for puzzle solving.

The Man Behind the Curtain: In Hold the Mustard, halfway through the bonus Atlantis levels, King Konglomerate is revealed to be some sort of rodent (possibly a gerbil or guinea pig) piloting a gorilla robot. He then has to abandon his robot suit due to it getting wet and breaking, and he doesn't get it back for the ending.

Misguided Missile: In Dry Cereal, after putting the fuses together, the missile flies off, and we hear SPY Fox say, "I guess that guided missile was misguided." Then it flies back, crashing into the door, and then he says, "Of course, I planned that. I like a dramatic pause."

Mission Control: Every game but Cheese Chase has Monkey Penny play this role, joined by Professor Quack in Hold the Mustard.

All three of the Adventure Games have two endings: one where the Big Bad gets away, and another with a few more screens of gameplay culminating in the capture of the Big Bad (see Press X to Not Die below). Which ending you get slightly affects the last cutscene: SPY Fox gets a smaller award in the inferior endings, and during the end credits of Dry Cereal William the Kid has an extra line.

Hold the Mustard always ends the same way, but finding the bonus Atlantis levels gives the ending a visual difference (see The Man Behind the Curtain above).

Regional Bonus: Operation Ozone got an additional two songs. The Music CD page of the American version's help file mentions "two funky, hip SPY Fox bonus tracks" which were supposed to be available from Humongous Entertainment's website but may never have been available there; these are likely the same two songs.

Script Swap: Russian Blue only dances the tango, but the only music played at her deck party is waltz. Spy Fox slips in a sheet of tango music to distract her into dancing long enough for him to plant Walter Wireless in her purse.

Sequel Hook: SPY Fox tries this on Monkey Penny during their chat upon Fox landing on Kid's blimp and Monkey Penny telling him not to let Kid get away:

SPY Fox: But what about the sequel?

Monkey Penny: There are plenty of other villains out there. We'll be fine.

Or alternatively, Toodles Galore, Tom's most frequent love interest in Tom and Jerry

Mr. Udderly lifts a line straight from The Ghost and Mr. Chicken: "My whole body's a weapon." It helps that Udderly sounds exactly like Don Knotts.

In Dry Cereal, the cutscene where three mooks eye a recently dropped coin is reminiscent of the three-way duel at the climax of The Good The Bad And The Ugly.

Artimice J Bigpig is heavily modeled after actor Sydney Greenstreet, and his voice actor even says "Gad!" like Greenstreet's character in The Maltese Falcon.

Fox's vocal characterization is not a shout out to Get Smart. It's Maxwell Smart's voice, coming out of a fox who is not Maxwell Smart, spoken by an actor who also is not Maxwell Smart. Mind: blown.

On the non-spy-related references, Captain Drydock's voice characterization in Dry Cereal is a reference to Captain Kirk, right down to his speech about the sea being "the final frontier". And his boat is called the "SS Winaprise".

Strange Minds Think Alike: If you ask Mr. Udderly about Russian Blue, he'll think you're talking about an Umbrella Drink. If you ask Professor Quack the same question, he'll give you the same answer.

Take Your Time: Once you've disarmed the Milky Weapon of Destruction in Dry Cereal, you can take absolutely as long as you like to get to the room where the dairy cows are being held in spite of the fact that Billy the Kid is escaping all the time.

SPY Fox: On the side it says "'Some Assembly Required.'" Sounds like a excellent title for one of my adventures.

Trash Landing: SPY Fox does this in the opening cutscene of Cheese Chase. The stunt seems to have been planned out, as seconds later the dumpster collapses to reveal Fox ready for action on his SPY Scooter.

Unwinnable: Some Assembly Required's Dummied Out cutscene replaces the Restructo-Lux room's only exit, so if you unlock the cutscene, the room can only be escaped by using the game's debug mode or ScummVM's debugger.

Video Game Caring Potential: In Dry Cereal, it's possible to go back to the Feta Factory after rescuing Mr. Udderly and turn the piranha pool's temperature back to a comfortable level. This has no effect on gameplay, though.

Villain Ball: Le Roach keeps sending you back to the jail you have already escaped from. You can go an talk to him as many times as you want.

Waxing Lyrical: Played with towards the end of "Some Assembly Required, when Napoleon LeRoach finally gets his dinner after Spy Fox gives the Julia Child expy the fork, a line is sampled from Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots are made for walkin':

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